Funding search · EIN 611176559 · Louisville, KY
Louisville Downtown Lions Charitiesinc
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 41
- grants reported
- $871,482
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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2 grants matching “genereal” · $43,000
- $30,000
The Salvation Army · Louisville, KY · 2024
Genereal operations
- $13,000
The Salvation Army · Louisville, KY · 2023
Genereal operations
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Visually Impaired Preschool Services4 grants · $294,300
- Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation6 grants · $138,121
- U of L Health Foundation2 grants · $75,000
- Water Step3 grants · $65,000
- Ky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation3 grants · $60,000
- The Salvation Army2 grants · $43,000
- Whas Crusade for Children3 grants · $30,000
- Todd Crawford Fd To Cure Paralysis2 grants · $30,000
- Project Friendship2 grants · $20,000
- University of Louisville Foundation1 grant · $20,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 41 reported grants, largest first.
- $122,800
Visually Impaired Preschool Services · Louisville, KY · 2024
Establish permanent endowment to support preschool program
- $80,500
Visually Impaired Preschool Services · Louisville, KY · 2024
Preschool program
- $50,500
Visually Impaired Preschool Services · Louisville, KY · 2023
Preschool program
- $50,000
Ky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Ksb greenhouse project
- $50,000
Water Step · Louisville, KY · 2024
Lilly pad project
- $50,000
U of L Health Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Alcon argos biometry unit
- $40,500
Visually Impaired Preschool Services · Louisville, KY · 2022
Preschool program
- $34,482
Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
General operations
- $30,000
Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Low vision center
- $30,000
The Salvation Army · Louisville, KY · 2024
Genereal operations
- $29,592
Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
- $28,000
Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
General operations
- $25,000
Todd Crawford Fd To Cure Paralysis · Prospect, KY · 2024
General operations
- $25,000
U of L Health Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Topcan oct
- $20,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
Slit lamp camera for eye institute
- $13,591
Open Door Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
- $13,000
The Salvation Army · Louisville, KY · 2023
Genereal operations
- $10,970
American Printing House for the Blind · Louisville, KY · 2024
Prison industries braille transcription program
- $10,000
Project Friendship · Louisville, KY · 2024
General operations
- $10,000
The Dream Foundation of Ky · Louisville, KY · 2024
Playground handicap access
- $10,000
Water Step · Louisville, KY · 2024
Huricane relief efforts
- $10,000
Waterfront Botanical Gardens · Louisville, KY · 2024
General operations
- $10,000
Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2024
General operations
- $10,000
Ky Historical Society of the Blind · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
- $10,000
Project Friendship · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
- $10,000
Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
- $10,000
Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2022
General operations
- $8,470
Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2022
Fdt machine for vision van
- $7,577
Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
Kid sight spot camera
- $6,000
Envision Blind Sports · Mercer, PA · 2024
Sponsor 10 athletes
- $5,500
Ky Council of the Blind · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Ky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Ky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Summer work program
- $5,000
Lighthouse Academy of Newburg · Louisville, KY · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
The Healing Place · Louisville, KY · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Lifehouse Maternity Home · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Prodigal Ministies · Crestwood, KY · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
The Healing Place · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Todd Crawford Fd To Cure Paralysis · Prospect, KY · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
United Crescent Hill Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Water Step · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
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